Realm-Hopping Martial Master-Chapter 475 - 284: Divine Power Life Shortening Pill, News of the Divine Skills Convention - Part 2
"You and I wouldn’t have to worry about losing a great opportunity just because we fought, either."
"So, what do you say?"
"After all, you might be able to hurt me, but you might not be able to kill me. We disciples of Dao Yi Sect had countless hidden cards; my fellow disciples and I had slain Island Masters plenty of times. Besides, I’ve hunted down the Han Zhiqing thief all along the way, countless Loose Cultivators have witnessed it. If you kill me, you’ll definitely draw the Dao Yi Sect’s pursuit of life and death, and at that point, you’ll be doomed for sure!"
Zhao Lingpeng’s voice rang with conviction, and he did not believe this Island Master would refuse.
Killing him now would definitely bring more harm than good.
By the side, Han Zhiqing stayed silent too, not daring to speak; she seemed like a completely helpless little lamb, trapped between a tiger and a wolf.
Zhao Lingpeng’s reasoning left her with no way to explain or refute; she believed, as long as the Island Master didn’t lose his head, he’d definitely cooperate with Zhao Lingpeng.
*She shivered, the will to die in her became more obvious by the moment.*
"Little Crocodile."
*All the changes in Han Zhiqing naturally did not escape Jiang Shu’s discerning gaze.*
He frowned, for, clearly, the relationship between the two did not seem like a simple grudge born of a chase.
He recalled what Zhao Lingpeng had said before, that Han Zhiqing had already killed several Dao Yi Sect disciples.
*A suspicion began to brew in his heart.*
He didn’t dwell on the real reason; as his words fell,
the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile, who had been guarding the island all along, transformed into a bloody wind and flew at them at great speed. Its Inner Core Realm, Middle Stage power showed beyond a doubt.
He tossed Han Zhiqing’s body over casually.
"Watch her. Don’t let her run away."
Normally, with the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile’s skills, it would have been hard to keep an eye on the wily Han Zhiqing. There was no telling what escape tricks she had up her sleeve.
Just like how he himself had a Great Teleportation Talisman.
But now, after passing through his hands, Han Zhiqing had been totally seen through—he’d confiscated both her Storage Bags.
Not a single Magical Treasure for hiding remained on her.
Her soul, after just a casual strike from him, saw her spiritual power dwindle by several tenths.
Even if she ran, in this Endless Sea, her chance at survival was almost nonexistent.
*She might as well obey him; maybe then she’d have a shot at living.*
Jiang Shu gave Han Zhiqing a deep look, but spoke not another word to her; instead, he turned his attention to Zhao Lingpeng, whose confidence was running a bit too high, then glanced over at that Primordial Pill coalescing thirty Divine Skills, and said, "Come on, let me see how many trump cards a Dao Yi Sect disciple really has."
He ascended to the Primordial Pill Realm.
Now, Jiang Shu also desperately needed a true battle with someone of the same Realm, to test his true strength!
*Would this Primordial Pill Realm, forged from my own "wild path" cultivation...*
be any match for an Inner Sect Disciple of Cang Mang Domain’s first-ranked sect?
...
True Martial Sect.
Inner Sect.
Ten thousand clouds surged like a tide, brewing into a dragon.
On one of the peaks of Sky Flame Peak,
a Heavenly Rank Formation had been set up here, and the surging Primordial Power swept inside like a hurricane.
Atop the mountain peak floated a solitary figure in the air.
If a Nirvana Realm True Monarch had been present, he would surely have seen that this person’s Primordial Power had already accumulated to the very pinnacle of the Primordial Pill Realm. The terrifying aura that radiated from within could only be found among Supreme Geniuses on the True Inheritor Seed List.
In front of him, a Primordial Pill hung in the air like a blazing sun; within, sixty-nine Divine Skills had been coalesced, and today, yet another Divine Skill mark had joined them!
*To cultivate to this point in the Primordial Pill Realm was truly a grueling struggle.*
On one hand, he had to keep compressing the Primordial Power in his body, lest the excess shatter his Primordial Pill, causing him to sense an early chance to break through to Nirvana.
On the other hand, he had to refine his Divine Skills to absolute strength and abundance.
*To cultivate a single Divine Skill meant having yet another card for facing the tribulation winds when advancing to Nirvana.*
Take the True Martial Sect—as an example, one hundred thousand servant disciples, nearly ten thousand Outer Disciples, nearly a thousand Inner Sect Disciples,
yet the actual number of True Disciples was forever only ten.
On one hand, this was to keep the number low, to highlight the significance of the True Disciples.
On the other, breaking through to the Nirvana Realm was far from as easy as going from Furnace Fire Realm to Primordial Pill Realm.
When the tribulation wind swept in, who knew how many Primordial Pill Realm True Men would perish? The Divine Skills of a lifetime, nearly wiped to ashes.
Nirvana was the path to rebirth. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
*Without a brush with death, how could there ever be life after?*
In the Cang Mang Domain, whether in the struggles between sects or the wars between Human Clan and Demon Race,
the Primordial Pill Realm served, at best, as the backbone of support.
Only the Nirvana Realm produced true powerhouses capable of ruling their territory.
"Brother Zhou Yan, the investigation results are in."
Down the slope of the peak climbed Zhou Fu, also of the Primordial Pill Realm; he and Zhou Yan hailed from the same branch, and had watched Zhou Yan rise to prominence, suppressing his entire generation, supporting him all the way until now, with near-reverence.
*Within the True Martial Sect, no one believed more firmly than him that Zhou Yan would definitely claim one of the Ten Great True Inheritor titles!*
"Oh, so which little nobody got that trash inheritance?"
Zhou Yan’s voice carried a trace of a murderous will, evidently having touched upon some of the mystery of the Nirvana Realm.
Within that aura of death, there was also utter disdain.
His strength was terrifying—carrying the weight of seventy Divine Skills, he could all but ignore most Primordial Pill Realm experts.
*You had to realize, in all the records of the Cang Mang Domain, the scariest geniuses had at most ninety-nine Divine Abilities.*
Now, on the True Inheritor Seed List, the first place held only seventy-nine Divine Skills.
The top Inner Sect Disciple of the number one sect, Dao Yi Sect, had eighty-one Divine Skills.
He himself was already very, very close to their power.
The status he possessed, the forces he came in contact with, had uncovered the news of Zhou Ming’s descendants long ago.
But now, as he prepared to challenge for True Disciple, he could not afford to bear the stain of slaughtering his own sect members.
Given how distant his grudge with Zhou Ming was, and that Zhou Ming’s people were outside True Martial Sect, there were ample grounds for plausible deniability.
But if he laid hands on the descendants, someone would surely report him. In that case, he would have no choice but to visit the Law Enforcement Hall.
So ever since breaking through to the Primordial Pill Realm and entering the Inner Sect, all he had done was monitor them, preventing those trash descendants from making it into the Sect.
Until now, after all his cultivation, he was just one step away from being named a True Inheritor.
"Brother Zhou, your insight is as keen as ever; it’s definitely not the Outer Disciple Lu Qingling. According to what I found, Lu Qingling was very close a few years ago with a certain Outer Disciple named Jiang Shu."
"This Jiang Shu came from an ordinary dynasty, the Da Jing Dynasty. When he first joined the Sect, he had no background and his martial arts cultivation was a complete mess."
"The only opportunity he seemed to find publicly was in the Hundred Dynasties Battle, where, in the True Martial Ancient Hall, he obtained a Divine Skill inheritance—the Kunpeng Swallowing Technique."
"But the strange thing was, within a short time, when his peers had only managed to cultivate two or three Divine Skills, Jiang Shu not only took a spot on the Divine Skills Ranking, he even overwhelmed a ranked disciple at that time."
"Now, Jiang Shu has already left the Sect, apparently for some unknown training."
Zhou Fu both flattered and delivered a full report on Jiang Shu’s situation.
When he finished, he bowed his head and waited for instructions.
The results were in—next, they naturally had to move on to fixing the problem.
"Lu Qingling has an elder aunt; we can’t touch her, but this Jiang Shu... Who does he think he is? An overreaching piece of trash. As expected, only trash attracts trash."
Zhou Yan seemed to recall something; although his previously cold, calm voice grew somewhat emotional, he quickly crushed the ripple of disorder back down.
"It doesn’t matter where he’s gone to train."
"If I recall, in three years, the Eight Great Sects will host the Divine Power Conference, held once every sixty years."
"There’ll be Primordial Pill matches among Inner Sect Disciples, and Furnace Fire Realm contests for the Outer Disciples."
"During the matches, life and death are left to fate. If he were an Inner Sect Disciple, I might have to maneuver a bit; for Outer Disciples, just arrange a slot for him."
"Anyone on the Divine Skills Ranking rightfully gets a place."
"We may not find him ourselves, but someone in the Sect will be made to inform him."
Zhou Yan’s words were extremely calm, sounding as if he were just handing out a lucky opportunity from thin air.
*No one could find fault with it.*
But Zhou Fu below listened carefully and thought it through.
With Zhou Yan’s status, a word dropped before the matches would be all it took for someone else in the sect to handle things.
Life and death were inevitable.
The death of some lowly Furnace Fire Realm Disciple would not cause even a ripple within the vastness of the True Martial Sect.
As for if Jiang Shu, upon learning of his spot, just so happened to break through to the Primordial Pill Realm...
That would be even more laughable.
*With a mere Primordial Pill forged from just a dozen Divine Skills, how could he hope to rival Zhou Yan, on the edge of seizing the True Inheritor seat?*
*He’d spend his whole life living in the shadows.*
"Never to enter the cycle of reincarnation!"
*Brother Zhou Yan truly possessed unmatched talent, will, and wisdom.*
*Assisting him all the way, I am sure he will reach the seat of True Inheritor.*
*Heaven bless the Zhou Family!*
